Police: Driver led police on chase May 17 in Preston

State police have accused a Taftville man of leading police on a chase on May 17 in Preston.

State police have accused a Taftville man of leading police on a chase on May 17 in Preston.

Kyron M. Sands, 33, also is suspected of attacking a trooper from Troop C state police barracks in Tolland, state police said.

According to police, Sands was driving a white Mercedes east on Route 2. After pulling over and stopping on the shoulder, he accelerated and spun around to head west. Police ended the pursuit after losing sight of him on Route 2A, a report said.

Police broke off the chase at the time, because of “the reckless operation displayed by the accused and the wanton disregard for public safety,” a state police news release said.

Sands faces charges from the May 17 incident of reckless driving, eluding an officer, improper passing, two counts of passing in a no-passing zone, unsafe movement of a stopped vehicle, tinting windows, driving a vehicle with revoked registration, interfering with an officer and first-degree reckless endangerment.